Czerwiec po deszczowym maju często dżdżysty w naszym kraju
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What it means
June after a rainy May is often wet in our country — a weather observation noting that a rainy May tends to be followed by a rainy June.
Vocabulary
- deszczowy — rainy
- dżdżysty — drizzly, wet
- kraj — country
Grammar note
Instrumental 'po deszczowym maju' — 'after a rainy May'.
Cultural context
Part of the rich Polish tradition of weather proverbs tied to the agricultural calendar.
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